Interesting Carabao cup 2nd round tie

[Geoff Parkstone]

Rochdale vs Carlisle 😃

[MadAmster]

I'm quite sure there are a veritable forest of other mouth watering fixtures to ram down people's throats.........

[macstheman]

I can think of tree or four. I bet some will have to play at a right ****ty ground!!

[ramAnag]

Well at least our youngsters won’t be intimidated by playing in a big stadium.

[Geoff Parkstone]

or an empty one

[ramAnag]

Are there two cups at stake in this match or is the BC Trophy only contested in League matches?

[MadAmster]

Are there two cups at stake in this match or is the BC Trophy only contested in League matches?

BCT is up for grabs.

Trophy's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming..............................

This raises a huge question. Does Cocu stick with the XI that put S****horpe out or does he acknowledge that it's "not just another cup tie" and play the best XI available?

[AngryRam]

As always, play your strongest team. It’s a competitive football match, not some sort of training opportunity.
How Cocu approaches this will be massive for me. Always a risk with a foreign manager that they don’t take the cups seriously..
Gutted I am in New York, so will miss it.

[Manofpride]

As always, play your strongest team. It’s a competitive football match, not some sort of training opportunity.
How Cocu approaches this will be massive for me. Always a risk with a foreign manager that they don’t take the cups seriously..
Gutted I am in New York, so will miss it.

Cocu will play a strong team as will Forest as this is not just a cup game to supporters, this one might be worth Cancelling the trip to New York for

[ramAnag]

Hmmm...three days after WBA at home and four days before Brentford away. Obviously I’d like to win all three matches but for me the Championship results are infinitely more important.
The kids did alright at S****horpe so maybe strengthen that side with a little bit more experience but ultimately it’s horses for courses...the ‘course’ is the Championship season and I trust Cocu to exercise ‘head over heart’ judgement.